One month ago we announced the launch of PPD ACT in partnership with UNC School of Medicine, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, director of the Perinatal Psychiatry Program at the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders, and Patrick Sullivan, MD, director of the...

I’ve been there. Sitting at home with a new baby; shaking with anxiety, unable to eat, sleep, or think clearly enough to put one foot in front of the other. You turn on your computer or pull out your phone and visit Google and start to research your symptoms....

I’ve said it more than once in speeches and been told I was wrong by an expert or two. There’s no data, they said. Yet it only makes sense to me that those of us who are highly sensitive to hormonal changes would be more likely to experience mood problems...

I’ve been meaning to let you know about a host of new research articles over at the MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health blog, so here’s a quick list: Folic Acid and Risk of Perinatal Depression: Is There An Association? Lithium Use During Pregnancy:...

It was all over the news this week. NBC News – Depressed Moms Might Have Shorter Kids, New Study Suggests Huffington Post – Postpartum Depression Linked to Shorter Children Time Healthland – Moms’ Depression May Lead to Shorter Kids CBS...